In Flower This Week

A weekly news sheet prepared by a Gardens' volunteer.Numbers before each plant refer to temporary IFTW labels in the gardens.
Numbers in square brackets [ ] refer to garden bed Sections. Plants in flower are in bold type.

The shrub pictured above, selected to commemorate Canberra’s centenary in 2013, will be seen on this walk as well as many other flowers. The walk starts at the doors of the Visitor Information Centre.

Rhododendron viriosum, growing in a pot but originally from far north Queensland, displays its attractive orange-red bell-shaped flowers. Swainsona formosa, from the arid areas of our country, is also attractive with large pea-shaped bright red flowers with dark centres.